Plymouth Superbird

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[T-Bird]

Sub-zero baby first production car to break 200mph and it looks fuckin sweet in person the things are worth over $100k to this day.

[sameerrao]

Cool vote from me!

I love the look of this car and it has genuine racing pedigree with wins in NASCAR.

The car is outrageous at a time when cars were meant to be outrageous. The wing and aero parts made it look like it could do 200mph even though it fell short by a good margin.

The car is classic Americana.

[sentra_dude]

It looks a bit silly in pictures, but I promise, in person it looks pretty damn cool! Obviously, not the best car around corners, but still, I give it a cool, just because it was a car from when they actually used stock cars in Stockcar racing :!:

[TNT]

Sub-zero baby first production car to break 200mph and it looks fuckin sweet in person the things are worth over $100k to this day.

said it best right there. :clap:

[taygunho]

cool. I love this car.

[Global Warming]

Subzero, the thing is tits!

[Skaala]

subzero....power!!!!!

[ZfrkS62]

SubZero. One of a very few American cars to be worth well over 100K at nearly 40 years old. The Superbird/Daytona cars have been a goal of mine for a very long time.

The look is very progressive over the boxy cars of the late 60's, especially with the 24 inch wing on the back.

[RF1]

for me it is cool :D

[bultaco_metralla]

SZ for me

[wfrigginlewis]

217 in 1970!?

Sub-Zero!

[Mattk]

It looks like a bastardised Batmobile. Uncool.

[spanky]

Never seen it in real life but looks freakin ugly in pictures. But thats part of its charm! Cool Car

[webby]

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[stmoritzer]

it's getting very cold in here, what a car :D

[_HighVoltage_]

Seriously uncool! That spoiler on the back is hillarious, it might have been fine and working for the race cars(but I doubt it) but on the road cars they could've put a lower one and still follow the rules of NASCAR. The fact that this is no faster than a normal Charger 440 speaks for itself - that spoiler has no purpose whatsoever. I have to be mad to buy and drive one on the public road - people will laugh at it (at least those who are not brain washed Nascar fanatics)

[patond]

Cool, Made American racers think about Aerodynamics, but ruined it all for nascar. It was the start of the end of Stock Car racing. Rare, Fast and slippery, be sure to roll the windows up with excessive speed. Cool. Much higher top end than a charger or any roadrunner. A production Nascar.

[PaulGT2164]

Very very cool, I have driven three of the superbirds and daytonas. People do not laugh at them, they find them interesting or the respect the impact it made when it came out.

[Spiffu]

I say seriously cool.

It looks ridiculous, but it was fast back in the days. I wish stock cars looked as crazy and varied as it does today.

And they can be made to corner.

See the later half of this clip.
My BMW E30 M3 at Thunderhill Raceway - YouTube

[HeilSvenska]

Who voted seriously uncool? Philistines.

If it were in the 00's, it'd be like Audi selling A4 DTM as a road car as is.

In a strange way, it can be considered precursor to the likes of Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion, Mercedes Benz CLK-GTR, and Maserati MC12.

Anyways, I have seen one in real life and it is long. And the size of the rear spoiler... is just maddening.

[79TA]

What saddens me is that people sometime make the observation that goes, "oh, look at that wing and those bright colors. Is this what inspired the modern ricer." Little do they realize that the wings weren't just stuck to the body, but rather were connected to the frame. The wing was high for the purpose of catching air that was less distrupted by the path of the car. The Charger Daytonas and Superbirds are really great high speed cars.

Lastly, in the Harrah's car museum in Reno, they have a Superbird that is stock minus the split drivetrain. With the proper gearing available, it had no trouble running above 200 mph on several occassions at Bonneville.

http://www.dragracingonline.com/nowthen/vi_6-print.html

[HeilSvenska]

What saddens me is that people sometime make the observation that goes, "oh, look at that wing and those bright colors. Is this what inspired the modern ricer."
Who are these people... I'd like to meet them...

[79TA]

Certain youtubers . . . lol

[HeilSvenska]

It's youtube. And they all need to die... maybe.

[pitfield]

All credit to the E30 but all I can see is the world's slowest trackday, where's the bird?

[RC45]

All credit to the E30 but all I can see is the world's slowest trackday, where's the bird?

It was the car the E30 could not catch.. no matter ho whard he tried ;)

[pitfield]

Oh right, i couldn't see it. That far ahead.

[HeilSvenska]

It was truly the peak of its era. Designed to do one thing. Go fast around a track. It was so fast (220mph in race car form) that NASCAR started to put penalties to slow it down. NASCAR never really "recovered" from that in techonological sense.

[RC45]

Oh right, i couldn't see it. That far ahead.

Actually you get a glimps at about 5:04, then a good look at about 6:25, then it is bybye Beemer ;)

I am willing to bet money none of you Yank-Tank bashers had any idea the Superbird could hustle like that ;) :lol:

[pitfield]

I'm not really a yank tank basher but I didn't no they handled. Certainly chargers don't. Or stop.

The E30 tails off a bit towards the end, maybe his brakes have gone off.

[philip]

Cool, but.

They are really big and long, really long. They sell in the $150's -200k range not 100 anymore. They were "hey look at me" when new and they haven't lost that one bit. Not a car to drive, except on the interstate really fast. A dad showed up at a T-ball game in one a few years back, and yah if you want to stop traffic. This is your car.

[styla21]

It looks like a bastardised Batmobile. Uncool.
Agreed.
I look at this and think Star-Trek. And Star Trek is uncool.
*Runs

[graywolf624]

I'm not really a yank tank basher but I didn't no they handled. Certainly chargers don't
Stock they dont.. theres a vid somewhere of its brother losing to a minivan in the slalom.

That being said with enough money you can make anything handle at least decently.

[RC45]

Stock they dont.. theres a vid somewhere of its brother losing to a minivan in the slalom.

That being said with enough money you can make anything handle at least decently.

Well, the tyres alone would give the modern minivan the edge. I do believe with just a change of wheel size and tyres, the Superbird would leave the mininvan in the dust on a real track ;)

[silentm]

hmmm truly an iconic car. really unique as it is, but for the love of god i can't remember what i voted when i actually did it... well now i would give it 'cool' :)

ah and i remember throwing it around the nordschleife in GT4, hehe that was funny :D